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System sudden shutddown

pchaitanyaforu

Posted 30 May 2011 - 11:01 PM

pchaitanyaforu

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Hi,

I am facing a problem with my computer regularly getting shutdown.It normally works good when playing movies,music,browsing also.But it shut down when i am playing games like vice city,criket 2007 etc. And some times after shutdown it shows in booting that system is over heated and some times it won't display any message.

Digerati

Posted 31 May 2011 - 06:38 AM

That's why there is a small movement to stop calling them "laptops" and use "notebook" instead.

I agree completely with SpywareDr's suggestion that you are having heat issues, as your shutting down during gaming (about the most demanding tasks we can ask of our computers), is a classic symptom of heat. Sadly, notebooks are very difficult for the "normal" user to keep clean of heat-trapping dust. For this reason, I don't recommend notebooks for gaming - regardless what the notebook maker's marketing department would have us believe.

If you don't feel comfortable cracking open the case (and there's no shame in that!!) take it to a shop for a professional cleaning. In the meantime, open every cover, cavity and bay, remove the battery and drives, and blast out as much dust as you can. Use a wooden glue or Popsicle stick to hold fans stationary while blasting - you can force the fans to spin faster than designed, and destroy the bearings.